- Son montuno
Infobox Music genre
name=Son montuno
bgcolor=darkslategray
color=white
stylistic_origins=son,guaguancó
cultural_origins=Late 19th centuryCuba
instruments=Guitar ortres ,marímbula ordouble bass ,trumpet , bongo,claves ,maraca s, cowbell,congas
popularity=Much in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America
derivatives=
subgenrelist=List of son montuño genres
subgenres=Mambo, rumba
fusiongenres=Guajira-son -Bolero-son -Guaracha-son -Salsa music
regional_scenes=
other_topics=Music of Cuba Anticipated bass - ClaveArsenio Rodríguez initially developed Son Montuno from sonFact|date=March 2008. He added instrumental solos called "montunos". He also addedguaguancó influence, increased the importance of thetrumpet s andtres , and added new instruments such as thecongas andpiano .Benny Moré (popularly known as "El Bárbaro del Ritmo", which translates roughly as "The Fantastic Man of Rhythm") further evolved the genre, addingguaracha ,bolero and mambo influences, helping make him extraordinarily popular and is now cited as perhaps the greatest sonero.Later, mambo was derived from son montuno and
danzón by making the montuno sections the focus of songs.See also
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Montuno
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